Semyon Doroshenko

Semyon Doroshenko (17 April 1907-25 December 1945) was the gauleiter of Uman under Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Semyon Doroshenko was born on 17 April 1907 in Uman, Ukraine, Russian Empire. He supported the idea of Ukrainian nationalism, and when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, he decided to collaborate with them to win Ukraine's independence from the USSR. Doroshenko assisted in the persecution of Poles and Jews in Ukraine, and he was known for being a butcher. Doroshenko was captured by the Red Army during World War II and was executed by firing squad on 25 December 1945 for war crimes.